lizard lord

Chapter 1 Lizards are not easy to be

Looking up from a distance, the green forests are connected like an ocean.The trees are lush and full of vitality.

In a small clearing in the forest, a lizard was hunting for food.

The slender claws pressed the grasshopper's torso, and the small and sharp teeth bit through its thin shell. Without hesitation, Tang Zhao held his head high and swallowed the hard-won food in a few mouthfuls.

Not wanting to savor the sour taste of the insect juice on the tip of his tongue carefully, he thought silently in his heart.

[This is the 220th one, it will be enough soon]

Thinking of this, he was quite helpless, and looked at the dark green semicircular mark on his left paw, and a column of white text emerged from it.

{Evolution standard: 190 grams of low-grade meat ([-] grams), one low-grade blood core. }
{Benefits: Obtain physical enhancement and two random enhancements. }
Behind the white words is a row of black buttons, on which are written "flesh", "organs", "spiritual energy", "creation", "change", "illusion" and other words.

Ever since he was thrown into this unknown world and became an inconspicuous little lizard in the forest, this mark has been branded on his left paw.

He molted his skin twice in more than a month, but he still couldn't erase the imprint. It seemed that the imprint was branded on him in a purer and closer to the essence.

The evolution mentioned in it is genuine, and he has already experienced it once.

Through eating, he can allow his body to obtain various forms of evolution. At this stage, these evolutions are not directional, and the abilities he acquires are relatively simple, but this may not be the case in the future.

After eating 20 grams of insects, he underwent the first evolution. His body length has changed from about [-] to [-] centimeters to more than [-] centimeters now. He also has night vision ability, which is of great benefit to his survival.

If he can reach the next evolution standard, he will definitely earn more and he can survive better.

The place he is in now is a forest, which is not too small, and with his current body, he can only peep through it.

It is certain that there are many powerful predators in the forest, some of which are too big to conform to the common sense of biology. He has also seen some creatures that have never appeared on the earth, making him sure that this is not the world he is familiar with, and There is likely to be something like magic as well.

On several occasions he spotted processions of humanoids flying through the sky, riding some sort of winged, griffin-like creature.

He also saw some kind of luminous dust floating in the forest a few times. He was sure that it was definitely not a natural phenomenon such as fireflies. At present, he could only classify it as a supernatural phenomenon.

Of course, in this world, maybe magic and the like are an inherent part of nature.

This was a bit of a shock to him, but it wasn't too difficult to accept. After all, such things as becoming a lizard had happened to him, and no matter what happened, Tang Zhao could still be emotionally stable.

The ability of the emblem is very powerful. He believes that he will not stop at survival. After many evolutions, his ability may not be inferior to those legendary creatures.

The sound of the bushes shaking not far away made Tang Zhao lower his body vigilantly, and then quickly climbed towards the nearest tree.

He's aware of his niche—one of the bottom predators in the woods, and there are too many beings to kill him.

Stuck his claws between the gaps in the bark, Tang Zhao climbed up the tree which was at least five or six meters high.

Crouching in the middle of the branch, Tang Zhao's green body color makes him perfectly blend with the surrounding leaves. He can rest temporarily in this place, slowly digest the food he just ate, and at the same time, think about the next plan.

[Firstly, you must become enough to survive freely in the wild environment, this is the first priority, and then find out the situation of nearby humanoids. 】

Unlike the darker surface, the sunlight on the canopy is warm and dazzling, allowing Tang Zhao to see every scale on his body clearly.

Lizard head with light red lines, small and delicate scales, green body color, limbs with slender claws and a slender tail, he thought he was handsome by lizard standards.

This is the current Tang Zhao. Visually, there should be no blood of ancient beasts or giant dragons, otherwise he would not have eaten earthworms and grasshoppers for so long.

But since it can evolve, he believes that this situation will not last forever.

After this period of "novice period", the situation will be greatly improved. As long as it continues to evolve steadily, the future can always be expected.

[The only question now is, what exactly is a blood nucleus? 】

He was puzzled by this, and asked about the emblem in various ways, but without exception, there was no response.

From the name, one can roughly guess that it should be something condensed in the body of some living things, but after Tang Zhao's careful search, it is basically confirmed that insects, small fish and shrimps should not contain such things.

As for those stronger creatures, there is a question mark, and he doesn't have many chances to contact them.

[The blood core should be a kind of item that is stripped from the living body and has some special value. The existence that may touch and preserve these things will probably be intelligent, that is to say, human beings, and perhaps other humanoid races exist.]

From Tang Zhao's point of view, only intelligent creatures can store these things, and ordinary beasts cannot keep them even if they are found.

For more than a month, he was sure that there would be humanoid creatures visiting this forest, because he had seen several fires rising at night, which looked like campfires from various angles.

It's just that it seems that because he is too close to the depths of the woods, those campers are far away from him, and his own mobility is really limited, so he has never encountered him head-on.

In order to meet those humanoid creatures, Tang Zhao would move between the canopies every night, approaching the direction where the campfire was raised before.

Judging from the astrology, this world is no longer the earth, but there is still a dazzling star like Polaris, which seems to be almost stationary, which can point out the direction for Tang Zhao at night, so that he will not get lost among the trees.

After waiting for a while, the insects at the entrance had been basically digested, and the sun had warmed his blood. Tang Zhao opened his paws and prepared to climb down the tree canopy for the next prey. One grasshopper was not enough to fill his stomach.

Tang Zhao had just dug out an earthworm from the fallen leaves, and when he was picking a place to bite with disgust on his face, there was a scream of roe deer in the woods not far away, followed by a burst of screams that even he could feel. Cheers of excitement and joy.

Emotions represent wisdom, and in the eyes of Tang Zhao now, wisdom can almost be equated with humanoid creatures.

Tang Zhao swallowed the soil-covered earthworms in two or three bites. Tang Zhao spread his claws without hesitation, turned his head and ran directly to the place where the shouts came from.

The distance wasn't too far. Although Tang Zhao was small, his speed of walking through the woods was not slow. He arrived at the scene in a short while.

The first thing I saw was a few human males wearing half-body leather armor and linen clothes, equipped with short bows and short spears. They looked a bit like hunters from Europe in the Middle Ages.

In fact, they are indeed doing the work of hunters. They are using short hunting knives to skin the roe deer that has just been killed and the wound on the neck is still bleeding.

"It's not bad, I don't have to worry about food for the next half month..."

It should be because of the emblem, he can easily understand the conversations of the Orions.

Of course, Tang Zhao couldn't let go of this good opportunity to get information, so he hurriedly got closer and listened carefully, for fear of missing any key information.

Although it was just a conversation between a few hunters, careful analysis revealed a lot.

First of all, from the words "orcs going south" and "Vulture Rider", it can be concluded that this is a magical world, but it is difficult to say what level it is in.

Second, he finally figured out where he was.

His current location is called the Cangguan Forest, which is near the capital of the Kingdom of Oran. The Kingdom of Oran is a feudal country. Besides, there is another piece of bad news for him.

The third princess of the Kingdom of Oran is preparing to summon warriors to hold a contest to collect powerful or precious creatures, and responders gather.

As the forest closest to the capital, Cangguan Forest will bear the brunt of a large number of summoners coming to hunt nearby.

This is also an important reason why the Orion went so deep into the forest—by virtue of being familiar with this area, he wanted to try his luck. Once the precious prey was caught and bought by the royal family, he would have no worries about food and clothing from then on.

[It seems that we must hurry up and leave as soon as we have the ability to migrate abroad. 】

Of course Tang Zhao is inconspicuous now, and he can easily pass by, but if he continues to evolve, he will inevitably become powerful and cherished, and he is likely to be hunted by those summoned.

He knew very well that he couldn't compete with a large number of humans, so it was necessary to avoid the edge temporarily, and run as soon as possible.

……

While cleaning the venison, a middle-aged man with a goatee used a hunting knife to disembowel the roe deer, then cut off and discarded the organs that were of little use to them.

Under the expectant gaze of Tang Zhao, the middle-aged man groped in the body cavity of the roe deer, and finally took out an irregular light red crystal substance, cleaned it briefly, and the middle-aged man took the crystal Put it in the animal skin pocket on your side.

From the moment he saw the crystalline substance, Tang Zhao couldn't leave his eyes.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like the blood core Tang Zhao is looking for, which is the material necessary for his next evolution.

Staring at the animal skin bag for a while, his eyes revealed an unprecedented strong desire.

The thing to do now is to find a way to get such a thing.

Either dig through the animal remains that occasionally appear in the woods, or seize the moment and find a way to steal the blood core from the middle-aged hunter's pocket.

There was no need to hesitate, Tang Zhao chose the latter - ready-made things were in front of him, and the news that the caller was coming gave him a full sense of urgency, and he no longer had the patience to wait for that illusory possibility.

(End of this chapter)